Articles By: Aidan Cuffe
Nighthawks at Cobalt tomorrow features Q and Ben Reel
The next Nighthawks at Cobalt is taking place tomorrow night, February 4th 2012 in the Cobalt Cafe on North Great Georges Street for those who don’t know. An entertainment mashup of music, comedy and poetry, Nighthawks will leave you thoroughly entertained with it’s magic blend of performances. Tomorrow you can catch Colm Quearney or as [...]
Meteor Choice Music Prize adds new award
The Meteor Choice Music Prize has today announced that there will be a second award given out this year alongside the best album in Ireland award. This will be the inaugural Irish song of the year pitting 10 of Ireland’s favourite songs from 2011 in a public war. The winner will be decided by a [...]
Serenade your loved one this valentines day by personalized song
OK so firstly yes we’re single and not huge fans of Valentines day ourselves, but with the fun ice breaker that is the Valentine’s Day Facebook App from Heineken maybe this year I’ll go on a date after all. The idea is simple, authorize the app for use with your account, pick a person you [...]
The CMA Songwriter Series to pop into Whelans
Presented by BMI and CMA, The Songwriters Series features country music hall of fame star Bill Anderson, CMA Award winner Clint Black and Nashville songwriter hall of fame member, Bob DiPiero. Is that an award winning lineup or what. The idea behind the showcase is award winning and successful songwriters and artists from Nashville who [...]
Red Empire announce EP launch
New Dublin band Red Empire have been onto us to let us know that their debut EP will be launching this month with a showcase gig in Crawdaddy. The EP will be released the same night as the gig, February 18th, they will play a headline show in Crawdaddy with admission €5 on the door [...]
The 13th Gathering Traditional Festival returns this month
Traditional music lives again through it’s annual champion in the form of The Gathering Traditional Festival which takes place at The Gleneagle Hotel, Killarney this February. The festival will be running from February 22nd to 26th 2012 and will include the Saturday night céilí with the Kilfenora Céilí band, performances from the likes of Danú, [...]
Natural Snow Buildings to play Whelans
Natural Snow Buildings from France are apparently a very hard band to catch live, a rarity infact is the quote used. However those few awaiting the chance to catch them live will get their wish this March and in a very intimate setting. Natural Snow Buildings will play Upstairs in Whelans on Sunday 11th March [...]
Strawberry Fest returns for 2012
Strawberry Fest 2012 will return to the scene of the crime of last year for a three day extravaganza down in Wexford. Last year the festival saw 20,000 revellers and acts like The Coronas, The Rubberbandits, Ali Campbell, The Original Rudeboys, Ryan Sheridan, Jedward and more. This year it returns on June 1st, 2nd and [...]
Carol Keogh & The City Fathers announce Whelans show
Carol Keogh & The City Fathers will be playing an intimate Dublin show next month when they drop into Whelans to serenade the surroundings. They will play the Upstairs venue of Whelans on Saturday 3rd March 2012, support on the night comes from Cat Dowling too so double the excellent music. Tickets for the show [...]
Eddi Reader announces Irish tour
Scottish musician Eddi Reader has announced she will make her fourth annual pilgrimage to Ireland and will do a mini tour of Ireland which will take in Dublin, Clare, Cork, Wexford, Kerry, Mayo, Sligo and Kildare. The nine performances nationwide will take palce between February 20th and March 1st 2012. Eddi will be performing with [...]


